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Yojimbo: Full Cast & Crew 1961 Adventure/Comedy/Mystery & Thriller
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master (Toshirô Mifune), enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon (Kamatari Fujiwara) and sake merchant Tokuemon (Takashi Shimura) to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men. Released: Oct 15, 1961 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Akira Kurosawa Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editing Toshiro Mifune Sanjuro Kuwabatake Actor Tatsuya Nakadai Unosuke Actor Eijiro Tono Gonji, tavern keeper Actor Takashi Shimura Tokuemon Actor Seizaburô Kawazu Seibei Actor Isuzu Yamada Orin Actor Hiroshi Tachikawa Yoichiro Actor Kyû Sazanka Ushitora Actor Daisuke Katô Inokichi Actor Yosuke Natsuki Kohei's Son Actor Kamatari Fujiwara Tazaemon Actor Ikio Sawamura Hansuke Actor Atsushi Watanabe The Cooper (Coffin-Maker) Actor Susumu Fujita Homma Actor Ryûzô Kikushima Writer, Executive Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer Masaru Satô Original Music Kazuo Miyagawa Cinematographer Yoshirô Muraki Production Design, Costume Design